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New comment by nickburns in "New stainless steel can survive conditions for hydrogen production in seawater"

nickburns — Wed, 13 May 2026 14:16:17 +0000

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogen#Applications

New comment by nickburns in "Toxicity on Social Media"

nickburns — Tue, 12 May 2026 13:26:51 +0000

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_ban

New comment by nickburns in "Hardware Attestation as Monopoly Enabler"

nickburns — Mon, 11 May 2026 19:03:27 +0000

As if that makes any sense.

New comment by nickburns in "Hardware Attestation as Monopoly Enabler"

nickburns — Mon, 11 May 2026 17:13:57 +0000

I'm unable to read, speak, or otherwise understand Japanese.

New comment by nickburns in "Hardware Attestation as Monopoly Enabler"

nickburns — Mon, 11 May 2026 14:38:15 +0000

Nothing here is remotely parody.

New comment by nickburns in "Driver accused of DUI tracks missing laptop to Illinois State trooper's house"

nickburns — Mon, 11 May 2026 14:07:01 +0000

Psychopathology.

New comment by nickburns in "Hardware Attestation as Monopoly Enabler"

nickburns — Mon, 11 May 2026 13:57:12 +0000

1.) No. It's another helpful tell. (And what do you mean 'anymore'?)

2.) I'm comfortable with varied comma stylization.

3.) My personal usage of the em-dash hasn't changed in a few decades and I don't see it doing so just because a bunch of folks only just recently learned it exists.

New comment by nickburns in "Hardware Attestation as Monopoly Enabler"

nickburns — Mon, 11 May 2026 13:54:56 +0000

This meme, too—shall pass.

New comment by nickburns in "Hardware Attestation as Monopoly Enabler"

nickburns — Mon, 11 May 2026 03:03:31 +0000

I say this in good faith: oh, stop.

New comment by nickburns in "Hardware Attestation as Monopoly Enabler"

nickburns — Mon, 11 May 2026 02:37:58 +0000

I'm not.

New comment by nickburns in "Hardware Attestation as Monopoly Enabler"

nickburns — Mon, 11 May 2026 02:35:19 +0000

I doubt it.

New comment by nickburns in "Hardware Attestation as Monopoly Enabler"

nickburns — Mon, 11 May 2026 02:23:05 +0000

You clearly speak only one language.

New comment by nickburns in "Hardware Attestation as Monopoly Enabler"

nickburns — Mon, 11 May 2026 02:17:03 +0000

You got the impression I was trying to argue with you? Go look it up like the president doesn't. I'm personally not a recognized grammar authority.

New comment by nickburns in "Hardware Attestation as Monopoly Enabler"

nickburns — Mon, 11 May 2026 01:49:57 +0000

Yes. But mostly just because it's in reference to this particular president who's a dullard and displays it regularly in this particular way.

New comment by nickburns in "Hardware Attestation as Monopoly Enabler"

nickburns — Mon, 11 May 2026 01:49:04 +0000

The word 'president' being a potential title doesn't make it a title nor a proper noun in all contexts.

Your bio contains comma splice, by the way.

New comment by nickburns in "Hardware Attestation as Monopoly Enabler"

nickburns — Mon, 11 May 2026 01:47:03 +0000

> The President, within this context, identifies a single entity. As such, it is a proper noun

Yeah, no. You're just making things up to suit your position like the president does.

New comment by nickburns in "Hardware Attestation as Monopoly Enabler"

nickburns — Mon, 11 May 2026 00:40:05 +0000

Friendly advice: please don't capitalize random common nouns like the president does. It's a marker of one's affinity toward precision (among other things).

New comment by nickburns in "Poland is now among the 20 largest economies"

nickburns — Fri, 08 May 2026 16:05:22 +0000

And intelligent, hence the Nazi stereotype.

New comment by nickburns in "Instagram Encrypted Messaging Ends on Friday, May 8"

nickburns — Wed, 06 May 2026 18:33:18 +0000

Definitely Signal. It strikes the fairest balance between industry-standard end-to-end encryption ('E2EE') and usability.

Get as many of your contacts onto Signal as you can. Disable the displaying of message text within device notifications from within the Signal app settings (for both Android and iOS).

New comment by nickburns in "Instagram Encrypted Messaging Ends on Friday, May 8"

nickburns — Tue, 05 May 2026 17:21:12 +0000

All of the above and anything else you can think of that can be tied back to 1.) profit; or 2.) the accumulation of clout with authorities (in that order).